Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Vance will also try to resolve problems with the timing of the accord. While both sides agree that the Soviets will have to reduce their strategic arsenal somewhat, it has not been decided how long Moscow can take to do so. The U.S. wants the Soviets to pare down to 2,250 strategic systems within six months after the SALT II pact is signed; Moscow would like three years to reach that number...
...before any new exam was ordered. Said he: "My people are victims of Judge Marshall's command that the city correct its previous discrimination by imposing quotas. They are Bakke. They are victims of reverse discrimination brought about by court order and a rigid quota." The comparison seemed somewhat stretched, but Judge Marshall nevertheless delayed his order abolishing the 1973 list of candidates for promotion and allowed Barry time to submit new arguments based on the Allan Bakke case...
...York and the Bahamas, making small banter with photographers at stops along the way. They threw a party back at Casa Pacifica for some 300 returned Viet Nam P.O.W.s. Nixon also gave a party to celebrate the publication of his memoirs. Despite the $19.95 price and the many early (somewhat gloating) predictions of failure, the book has been riding for weeks now in the middle ranges of the bestseller lists...
...expansion than previously expected (see cover). Not only was Congress still stalled on the President's energy package, but the Senate has threatened to block any draconian attempts by the Administration to impose levies or quotas on oil imports. In short, Carter will arrive in Bonn with a somewhat weakened U.S. bargaining hand...
...reaction in Buffalo to the trade (if you can call it simply a trade) was somewhat of a cross between out rage and bitter relief...